Decouple
Episodes
Shorting the Grid feat. Meredith Angwin
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Grid has been described as one of the preeminent engineering accomplishments of the 20th century and the world's largest machine. However, when pe...
Sunset on Greenpeace's Solar Village feat. Gayatri Vaidyanathan
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dharnai Live was Greenpeace's showcase rural electrification project that aimed to prove that solar microgrids were the way to meet rural India's powe...
Stand Up for Nuclear feat. Paris Ortiz Wines
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paris is the Director of Outreach and a former analyst at Environmental Progress who oversees the organization’s outreach and engagement efforts. In...
Isodope: Isabelle Boemeke the Nuclear Influencer
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Isabelle Boemeke and I talk about the ins and outs of Nuclear Advocacy with a special look at "Influencers" and the use of novel platf...
Existing Nuclear and Imaginary Nuclear feat. Mark Nelson
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dreams of advanced nuclear and the SMR revolution around the corner which will solve all of Nuclear's problems such as economics, safety and load foll...
Swords Into Plowshares: How to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons feat. James Conca
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing Dr James Conca returns to Decouple to talk about Nuclear Weapons, disarmament and the Megatonnes to Megawat...
Karnkraft: Sweden's Social Democratic Nuclear Climate Fix feat. John Ahlberg
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is a popular misconception based upon charicatures of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons that Nuclear Energy is an evil, capitalistic and undemocratic ...
Apocalypse Never Review feat. Leigh Phillips
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his most recent book, Apocalypse Never, Michael Shellenberger has stirred some major waves particularly in his promotional efforts where he recentl...
Solutions for the "Impossible" Problem of Nuclear "Waste" feat. Dr. James Conca
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lively and entertaining conversation with polymath Dr. James Conca about the ultimate environmental bogeyman. Jim is a science communicator and rena...
Six Degrees of Climate Emergency feat. Mark Lynas
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Lynas is a science writer and author of numerous books on the environment including High Tide, Six Degrees, The God Species, Nuclear 2.0 and Seed...
Coming out as pro-nuclear feat. Zion Lights
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zion Lights is a British author and environmental activist. She was a prominent spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and the founder and editor of &n...
Nuclear Accidents & the Scientific Consensus feat. Gerry Thomas
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Geraldine Thomas is the director of the Chernobyl tissue bank and a Chair in Molecular Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine of Imperial College Lo...
Confucius Smiled: COVID-19 Lessons from the East feat. Nils Gilman
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Politics, confidence in science and attitudes towards surveillance technology have led to very different outcomes between the East and the West when i...
The Death of Neo-Liberal Ecomodernism? feat. Jon Symons
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ecomodernism holds out the promise of decoupling human flourishing from environmental impacts through investment in mission-oriented research, develop...
The Windmill and the Atom: Energiewende Germany's Energy Transition feat. Thijs Beckers
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Germany has pursued a bold 550 billion euro transition plan away from Nuclear Energy towards a 100% renewables energy system. The Energiewende as it...
Climate Cage Fight: Nuclear vs Coal in Ontario feat. Steve Aplin
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Between 2005-2014 the Canadian province of Ontario phased out its coal fired electricity generation in what some call the greatest single greenhouse g...
What is to be done? feat. Jesse Freeston
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My name is Chris Keefer. I am an Emergency Physician concerned with fighting climate change and poverty. Join me on my journey into the frontiers of s...